Campur Campur

(t͡ʃam.pʊr-t͡ʃam.pʊr)

Campur, or “mixed” in Indonesian, is a project focused around the experiences of three women, Sierra Anderson, Pua Johnson, and Adela Aubuchon, growing up in Bali, Indonesia. All of these women have a split cultural identity with one side in the Western World and one side in the Eastern. Being that my partner, Sierra, is half Indonesian half American, I understand a little bit what it is like to live with your identity split between two very different ways of life, which is why the project has special importance to me. The purpose of limiting the project to just these three women is because of their shared experience as friends. All three of them have grown up surfing together around the island and that has played a major role in their identity and their outlooks on life. In addition to that, all three of them are half American and half Indonesian, which has led them to have similar experiences growing, as well as helps me to better understand one half of their cultural identity.

My goal with this project is to create a set of photographs accompanied by interviews that artistically shows the struggles and the beauty of experiencing two vastly different cultures to their fullest extent. On top of that, I intend to also portray what makes each of these women so unique. The interviews cover both what it has been like growing up with this split identity, as well as explore how that experience has played into their surfing, something that has brought them together as friends. In addition to the three profiles, you’ll find a gallery that is made up of images not only of the three of them together but also images documenting the incredible island which they call home.